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U PORTLANDQRECCIJ, JQEu . i f I THE -ORE GON ; DAIL ;--! -"jai.-'V'- AN ---iMtbi m milal (except Sunday) id4 tt SomUf morning . at . ; t- '. ic- J V - & . . c: ,: .-. nrwn Pottiaad, Oregoav - - it r uj. THE TASK AND THE WAV T-Ty W "Unmeant - fact worthy XV denunciation .that. It la .the averageeitixen of Port , . land who ie-moet "peaUmitto'4n-oin Port- land's- prWent ana future not unfortutiateljr.tHrTnairwIio . baa Itttaar at' etake here, but too often the man who baa ' hia all Invested In "business or reaTeetate and whoee 6wn . future la ound; up In the future of the .city. Jt la be who at, tho.Mlhaourian unonf ua, "the be 'abown,' the ma who cannot belle vaj the evidence of hli own aeneea. -Eyry.vlaltor, everr newcomer,; la Im pressed twjth this one fact, thrust upon him from every aide;.-, that thel average' cltlaen Portland baa no ado quate conception ct the Incomparable advantagea od. tpe city, aet mm It teat the very rate way of the moat marvel . ous'eccrpe f territory'' within the whole bounda of the , Union, i He accept" everything aa ajngtterTSf course. It '' la here and It' haa been here for a very long time: every one who looks at'lt' knows that, ao where la the uae bf 11 growing, excited about lt'T v That la hia phlloeophyy-arid possessions Is ueoaliyithe accepted estimate of other peo-fTbanka a. larger i pie. , When' thla JaJconaldered the chief reaaon for aur-J went la June.-. . - a f ' . - a. nrise 4a that Portland haa grown Into ,..; .v.. it ' An...nti .itMMin which cornea and efaya here despite the croaking of the average Inhabitant; "That there la growth, tat)glbleyand rapid, ht the. highest poaalbltr tribute that coulcTba 'paid to the great tountry back of ua WhWh haa forcedh growth of Portland deapite the brakea t-eo-many people fall to raallaa-tn ail 4ta lg- . niflcance la that while- God made the country man naket the city. Given the right aort-of people- and the city l will grow In the very face of nature Itaelt When one . takea the combination oA location and , people notHVig r:' can atop It There la no difference f opinion that PoW land la peculiarly fortunate In lta location i the problem bfora ua, then, muat neceeaarlly be up to the people. -. "-Wfrtfihnot expect to reall"what should waaonabty be ' expected of ua if we have no confidence -In ouraelvea. We baven't all the confidence we ahould havePerhapa our V greatest! lack la lack of enthusiasnv. That "we must get .1 over.' We muat'flrat be made to realise what we have by f inaklng.a etudy "of condltlona. . We, must know ouraelvea ' In order'to realise our opportunities. We must know the Btate JnJalltacrookaan . towns.' but In all lta broad, expanse, lta possibilities and potentialities" That will give ua falth,a-hlcli' most we lack, for no one can know what la back of Portland wlth out ther profoundeat tonf Idence In lta future greatneaa. ,.-8trang m Jt jnay. appeaxjraj; usually get our highest j conception f Portland's deetlny not from the people of 1 Portland, but from the observant non-resident Quoting -' The Journal's recent -remarks r about - the proapecta Of Portland aa viewed by a Boston gentleman who recently . came heret the 6regon State Journal, whose editor and proprietor, la. an, old and highly esteemed cltiien of Ore yon,', aaya- andvwbOr-in-rhia own heart, can fail to cor- X auoiy agree wtth' hlmT)t 4 -":'r --"r : ' r V MV J-me jredictloi9i!eai3yi(Lj-e .paper was started, and baa repeated It In "these columns frequently since, claiming that Portland Is X - In the north latitude of all the great cities around the earth; Is the only city on the . Pacific coast -r touched" by , great river, , la the only , city reached . from the east b a level passage through ther great, , -chain of mountains extending, along the entire weat 1 ' ern coaat of - America.' parallel -4o- tha-TOceanr: thatt" ff. : r -:juu Mexico and California on the south and Washlng- ,1:: ton.Brlttoh-CplumbuT. and Alaska on thnorth,- to- draw from, ana tne great inland it7 to float lta. commerce and wealth down the Columbia river or, roll them down by rail through the only gap In the mountains; that It la .the moat central and , favorably located aa to commerce, wealth and popu lation of 'any city on the coaat and will ' therefore. In time become the greatest city on the western aide of the American continent surpassing Bah Fran clsco, which is too far aoutn, the bulk of commerce,' wealth and population being destined to be .far north of It, with the center at , Portland. Twenty years. ;'w stated these opinions to the wealthiest cltiien of Oregon In hia- banking bouse In Portland, but ha -aald , . San Francisco would alwaya .bo the chief City of the Pacific coaat and perhaps a 'city1 'on Puget ' eouhd-J ')! would eventually aurpaaa Portland. That waa then ; ." J- the opinjon of nearly everybody In. Portland as well as in Oregon. ; since tnen rortiana naa . gained a '. rapidly on 'San Francisco, and In 20 years more will.. - surpass her. Seattle haa bad a boom- on account of flanks gold mines and the- Philippine war of con- ;' quest, but. Portland la now atartlng on a career of u wonderful growth. - " . s THE COMING SHOCK OF M' ' ANCHtmiA'S STRUGGLE! baa contest for the paat week. this" exercise Indicates that : believe the energy shown In preparation for the' next r awful shock .. will - determine the ' plainly found his way to Port Arthur ' with no .grekter command than that Oyama's long silence proves that be to follow up the victory of Shakha." Japan plays the war " game with all possible caution, " enlisting every energy -at command .when -taking the offensive and making vie tory doubly sure, Its.dvantage In loBsea at Shakharbaa oeen supplemented by superior recruiting facilities In a skinner that thrilled the world, while Russia's attenuated communication line haa been.stralned for her "heavier tribute lti The "last .now admits to have lost 45,000 men, while Japan's Iosea were below 14,000.' That the former could not 'replace ' its losses In one week la 'comVnon knowledge, , while the bear's adversary has not only irlkde good all vacancies t" her r nf t1t nrtohorr hut dnnhtle haa 40,000 additional soldiers behind the- Shakha defenses. v. . ' - This summary of the situation forecasts another en gagement aoon. . Ruasla wlH"probably await tha onslaught ' availing heraelf of all recent fortifications. If Japanese preponderance ,Uf great as la believed,- maneuvers that forced evacuation, of repeated. Russia la proving much nuucm omorn. 'Prom tha London Telegraph. , '. A story of an ac centric Wesleyan mln , Ister le too -good fon the "raaure of ob livion.' One Banday ha caused some v surprise by declaring that he did not In t the least object to peope sleeping while .: ha was prea ding. A ' . ' ' : A few- minutes later he and his i hearers ' Wre .' disturbed by the loud ; snering of a man Just below the pulpit Utve him a tap on the head." aald the , minuter. This wag does, effectually. V; INDEPENDENT; NEW8P.APBR PUBLISHED BY. JOURNAL" PUBLISHING CO, OFFICIAL PAPER OF .THt " CITY OF PORTLAND iv hn When TO DO IT. flanklng-inovementa of .comment nd patkln, tft, prepare manwho haa to hia own the importance eucn a wonaerrui l al.ttou' wui nave fn ft nn hihi m.m.i. Ttoirtic! tbtr Columbia, on the wheelT , crying need of an ter compared with for the Republican these manrVeara. enough to crWa-anational acandaL, But perhaps, in WWWma.WH. u V t I V. , " " in the course of a hue- whe.n met face " ' . N" OVEMBER. the amount empire on tne east altogether ao.AikC.:.:u.:;,-,.,:.rwJ;-.v---..J "" -. The October that They were fine dying, but not In CONFLICT. - bett ' reCTUlfmg The time devoted to the commanders Issue. Kuropatkln Impeded hopelessly, of October , while felt himself unable autumn'a feaat-tlme. J ' . . . atreaa serves only Minister John a dlplomatld officer tto make reparation llnto prlat as anot engagement Russia the cabinet In. the rarily releaaed to mittee,' and the people to find full tha usual flanking L4ao Tang, will be his official family better on the defen- ple that he la the "Qlve him another,4, 'came the order again. Still the man slumbered. But at length, by dint of muoh tapping and shaking, he was recalled. Into abashed consciousness. . "You 1 sre . making a wretched noise,", roared the minister, leaning ever the pulpit ..edge. "1 don't mind, you sleeping, but you are prevent ing other people from sleeping, - .Obeyed tke Xajnactlom. ' From the Boston Globe. ' " It-Is apparent from the number of Journal JNO.r.AKKOU. Tb Journal Building. Hit and YatnbJB . - - - flrat meetinc the Japanese.' and warda -with-4-greater kUU-Jut-whenhcr commanders are unable to make a. better ahowing than 14,000 of the enemy for4,000 of her own sons where the Initiative waa wrell divided. It would aeem wise for Kuro. Mukden for evacuation. - INTENSELY PRACTICAL MR. BAKER. T RANK C. BAKER, patriot, preserver and protector of Oregon, aaviour-in-'chlef of our national and atate Ubertlea, baa Issued "Circular tetter No. ." It baa been sent out to oltlsena generally, and to Republl- cana In partlculiar, and it urges everybody to vote. . Insofar It la Inoffensive. There la no harm In urging votere to voU.: UuTTEere U an aftermath, a threat, that la peculiarly significant of the grade of politlca that Mr. Baker practlcea. v. ".rrTTv "' . T"T7-7 - 'Just listen to this;.-. J." . ..' .' Senator John 'P. JJolliver aald at these beadquar- - tera recently that the best placer to get legislation In Washington la at the White House: and he emphasised ' of Oregon giving Roosevelt and Fair- majority" In November than the atate Listen to substantially hie own worda: a . 1 .X A am a jV i I AH fl aA a caw on tne prwueu. .- faxnilv : then. They .' will - be con '., strained to not" deny Oregon's delegation In congress , say reasonable request . Your rivers and . Harbors, '- vour-lrritloiiv8chemB, the Jetty at the mouthof the - caxal"arIalte.-TyOur-arld 1 lands, "your forest timber landa, your transport service, .x your World's fair and your federal building these . i and whatever : elae require help will atand a far . greater chance "of aatlafactorr- attention from con ': areas than If the people of your atate . wrap the drapery of their couches about them and lie .down to . - pleasant dreamsvW Why, Iowa will give Roosevelt and i Fairbanks at the very least' 100,000. ; This Is con ' ceded. ' tlli the t red-frre bt enthusiasm Is fllumlnat-ilng- everr-Dfaetnct iirtht Hawkere1 state." What forTj . Simply because It will redound to our atate's credit -; at WMhlngonl',-Trrj: ;'.U4-4C . .'"V ?r '?;' I i Surely sharper commercial aspect could not be given to politics. Vote for Roosevelt la our only hope unleaa we expect to have the Columbia dammed and most of our bays, filled, Hi. Vote for him; and that of Itself constitutes our credentials. " Then wlien ..we go to ,Washlngtontho appropriation la quie a secondary mat- tne majority wmcn naa oeen rouea up national- ticket Tet when we come (a think of It Oreaon'haa . baeti doing little else for andwtn(t it haa' got out of -It waa not the estimation of the astute chairman. the majority for the-natlonal ticket la Incidental Jojthe personally .greater quest Ion' of what It will mean to the eateemed Mr,4 BakeT,'- They do say his own ambition la growing apace and that be would not be offended lf the party offered him - the gubernatorial nomination on a platter.' That Indeed may be the milk In the coooanut for surely not otherwise would a party chairman put in - " 1 confidential party talk, take-on a bilious to face In a aeml-publlo document - OCTOBERrNOVEMBER. i, x J , ' ' m ' .' ''''' t' "' " This will bea different - mpnth-from iOQberill!doberaajemarkblijno In , of fins weather that appeared, for usually our Octobers are rather of the ;'d" order damp, dark, dlamal.- dreary.-etc'r but 'not , always, nor never ended yesterday had a large majority or line, ongnt, cneenui uays in which sui uotim vm. uuoti people could do all aorta of honest work. " ; - dayi to walk abroad in, too, and observe the glittering glories of the slowly dying year- pain, or agony, or mleery, or aorrow; not with any regret or remorse, but fading gloriously. resplendently, slowly a month's panorama of bewilder ing beauty and then to rest awhile, a little while. Did you notice October's colors brown, and green, and yellow,! and pink, and violet, and crimson, and acarlet everything- from the color of a dull" mud bank to that of the face and, skirts of the bride of heaven, arrayed tn all 4er glory,' blended j, varied. Intermixed, In marvelous gradations and over -ill the aky blue, palo blue, pink blue, marina blue, deep-dark , blue and the - tamarack scented breesea coming always from the aea to klsa the high snowclad lilllaT It waa uplifting and Inspiring. :.' Meanwhile the harvest being either garnered or sold. Millions. Millions. In wheat - Mllllona In hope. Millions In timber. Mllllona In fish. Millions In mines. Millions In fruit Mllllona in vegetables. 1 - November. John G. Saxe once wrote a .funny rhyme about November. No sun, no moon, -no night no noon, no .proper timer of day, No-vemberl Tet November la not and Shall not be a- bad month either, although It cannot wearrOctubcr's gloriously golden skirts and garters, not look at ua with ..October's full-orbed, deeply-colored eyes, . The glory of the autumn haa departed.. It la November. But We need the slater of storm and wind aa well aa the glorious begarlanded and Decrowned rich matron of the November is good, too. In It we shall have Thanks- givlngh0wever the ralna beat or, the winds blow. ' We have the fading glories ofOctober In our soul. There they live In delicious remembrance which November's to bring Into bolder relief, L Barrett, to Panama who supplicated for until hia case excited pity, has rushed her -administration .campaigner. With field, one member having been tempo become chairman, of the national com diplomatic . corps being called Into requisition, certainly a good example la being given for the 1IS.57B members of tha civil service employed by the government,' When their chiefs aet the pace Jo a most partisan . way, subordinates will hardly - expect severe censure for following, suit Instead of permitting the good and . free expression, through , such political organisations and speakers aa they voluntarily choose, tha Republican presidential aaplrant la utilising In arduous, service to convince the peo man they -all want pocketbooks that were stolen In Trinity church In New fork, where the arclfe bishop of Canterbury preached last Bun day, that . If any thtevea went to scoff they surely remained to prey . . . - - ' ' ':.'.v ' , . Keep Bark. . . Prom the Bt. "Louis Republic. .' "Kissing Is coming ence'more-te the fore oC public discussion. But what's the use of making such a. noise about It? There is only one orooer way to dlseusa a klsa - ; - . - - . 3mall Ck Noveroberl r . -r. Only a week more, .y The lion's paws pause.' Carnegie la not yet -broke. -Onjy eight days Ull election. .. Vote aa orookedly aa you please. The political prophets are doubtful. , It can't be 'June all the yearnor yet Patriotism is Jn some cases largely a - .. . pretense.;' -.' ,;' ;', t How the trusts must hate the Repub lican partyl , .. , Ed Wright haa Mead elected. . But It is hard work. , ;, 'r c ' , '-.'. ... Roosevelt will carry Oregon; remember that we told you ao. . r Make ' bregon'e ' wonderful reeoureea knbwn. We need'alngera ahd ahoutera. -Keep-eool; Oregon t going all right- to suit Blnger, jsaaer ana our oiner patiiota. ' . . v".- '' Z'.'-" ' . ' Tes, the present protection system 'of the Republican party la vroooery. iois Is the truth. Make the moat of It Admiral Rolestvensky should have that ..nrw rnnvrlshtad. DhotosTaDhed and .pre served ; Its like Is not likely to be heard again. Ot course John Barrett thinks the gov eminent la aU right. It haa been, mighty ni tn hira. and he chanced his politics just at the right time.- Bright young fel low, la Barren. Oregon SiJelignts ' Amity haa done some improving. Adams water aystem neartag comple tion. " ;, ' ' ' ' . ' Gresham aohoo) going to' build up Its library, Iff Several eaitrn 4U-rtvU at Weston. Good pork more valuable than usual In Coos county.- ; ; "' TTna""Kewbera 7 Enterprlae ahould change the name. ' -y i 'McMtnnvllie" Is afflicted wlthl-eon-ttnuoua Bvangellstlo meetings. . - ' Paid Are department In Granfa Pasa BIgn of strength and progress. Roads again In good order -Ooo Bay News. . Wonderful. Increaiwa. :'. Glendale haa 4S0 people,., alx ttmea aa many, aa were there lour years ago. : No batter -stock country In the world than Crook county unless It be some other part of Oregon.' Mlamook Hri anna arauda. 400 bushels on three- quarters of an acre, an not a- bad year tor potatoea, eitner. i"m" weighed tola pounds, i nannnar Tlmea: W. O. Minor reports tha sale of two more Poland China plga the past week t Condon partleau-Thia makes about a aosen n amm .wu past two Weeks, -which 1 an. Indication that the farmera are breeding up their swineherds. ,' - - . - ' Drnamsvllle Times: The farmera are making -every minute of the-present beautiful ..weather count and are . busy from daylight until dark seeding. An Immense acreage of fail grain la being sown, the ground being n excellent con dition for farming. -. , s The -eltlsens of Holley, Linn eounty. rarantlr held a special meeting ana voted to add the ninth ahd tenth grades to their publio school. two icnw. have been employed. Misses Ora and Josephine Andrews, of Lebanon, and the school Is progressing nicely. ; Tha last few weeks hav been so favorable for farm work In Washington county that more than the usual amount of fall grain naa oeen aown. sail awn made much the best yield this rear, so there was more than the usual encour agement to increase their acreage also. News without being news from the Dufur Dlspatoh: An episode of reel life waa nnened ua here In Dufur on Wednes day last that shows that people think and love and shoot over on the Flat A dlvoroe appears In the distance end a re marriage of dlvoreea parties is aimosi an assured fact :' . Wolfer Prairie Items In Aurora Borealls: Ensley Cribble waa visiting Avon Jesse Sunday. Bleepy Kate, re member your sports have lert you now. aa wake ud. We understand that one of our leda cut quite a swell at the dance at Needy last Saturday night We wish you success, Charley. Speaking cf'the Touslgnat case the St.. Helens Mist says:, "Hs plead for a light aentence ! on the ground that ne has a wife in Bt Helens whom It It his duty to support If the Judge had known the facts in regard to that wife he would probably have given Ed a few veara extra. He" belonas to the class that ahould be perpetually confined for the public good. As soon as ne geis out be will engage In some new devilment1 Houlton-HefloUr:'The. new jleputy game Warden at Goble or Deer isiana IS a very poor shot" Last Sunday a gentleman (7) with three hounds went out gunning In that little strip of tim ber out back of Deer island. He re turned without bounda The aforesaid poor shot stood on the firing Jlne and when the deer went by fired three shots. He missed the deer every tlma. but ac cidentally he struck a .dog eacn pop. The aovernment should be more .care ful In the selection of deputy game wardens. ,'Tls a fearful thing to am a dog violating tha law. . . - 8L Helena -Mist new ' - Assessor uaws pruii,,- m, ... lust finished building . a aldewalk front of hie property on what euphemistically known as Honesty H11L He has also painted hie house In the national colors with a trimming of green to account for the Irish that Is in him.' Although he has made quite an Improvement In the premises, Mra Laws Is said to ba quits an expert with a shotgun, snd It la said that. on the first day of the wees:, commonly anown as Sunday, she bagged alx ducka Laws says 'that she never goes out without bringing In at least on-ducht - which Is s further proof of the Irish that Is In him. .;-. - . , ' A Notleman' "Works for Living Imoerlal Councillor Kolb aa working mha ln.Amrica Is the title of a pew book which Is amusing and amasing Berlin. - The-ImoerUI Councillor, a high dignitary la Gerin'any and friend of the Kaiser worked In Chicago .aa a waiter, a hostler a farmer, a dishwasher, a cardenar and a norter In a brewery. He threw away kls tetters of Introduction, spent all his ' money , seeing Niagara Falls, put on the dress of a German Immigrant sold his own clothes and act out to Hud work. But he waa rejected everywhere. Finally he got a place for a few hours at a banquet of an athletlo association. - Thia position Herr Kolb got through a man who waa out of work like himself. - He speaks of him as "Friend BilUl a poor, homeless wanderer most or the time, but possessed of a heart that sver beat. In sympathy for aaother'a wo :k "Never have I beard of jueh goodness and kindness as waa shown, to me, a stranger, by my friend BUI, aaya Herr Kolb. v. .-::.- -v.- The banquet waa In the rooms of an athletlo association, and friend Bill, who had already secured a position aa waiter, took the disguised Imperial Councillor with him and brought him before the head waiter. . ,v'- ' 'Here's a man nearly starving," aald ha "He must have work, for he baa not a cent In hia pocket-He l willing to"do anything." , .r " " .. "i . M t irrland Bill's anneal had the desired effect and Herr Kolb was employed aa 'omnibus." ; When the waiters naa re moved tha dlrtv nlatea from the tables ahd placed them on the sideboards the "omnibus'- Iiaa to lacs inera away- to blr wooden tray to the kltohen. - -Tha work was" much barder thsn I anticipated," aaya Herr-Kolb, "-Batoro long my aoft hands were so blistered that it waa painful to grasp the handles of the tray, but 1 did pot give up. - We started in to work at a ciocin im MMiinn and were throuah at 1 O'clock In the morning.- I received fl.l for the evenlng'e work, and now the same ques tion confronted me again, Whrere waa I to get the next Jobr My nana uuj, hn waver, told ma not to lose heart 'Don't worry,' aald ha you'U find work all right and if you don't an it and are hungry at any time, come to me; I'll always have a penny or two to ahare with you. - - r Herr -Kolb coaslders , the -"treating habit" a great evlt - ' "It la a custom." he aaya "which J bad for the stomach and bad for the pocket Some folks get so uaed to It however, that -they can drink several rounds of bear with a party and not hurt their stomachs, though their pockets are always bound to feel it "But tho strangest part of It la that the men alwaya stand at tha. bar some times for hours. No one caree about atttina- dawn. . I have often seen work- tngmen take "small beers.whlch cost the same pries aa large ones, and In order to boom business tbe bartenaer wouia empty their glasses when still half filled. and for this little enjoyment many poor devils spend several dollars of their hard earned weares every par day, After many tiresome weeks Herr Kolb got a Job aa a sort of man-of-all-work In a brewery.'. .' . "Mr. R.," aaya Herr Kolb. 'wad the owner' of -a smalt establishment which deairnf brewery kupplles.hd,"riarurany; Mr. R. earns much in contact with brew eries. He had edftie to America, himself when a young man or. is years or age, waa .farm laborer, sparkeeper. ; porter, lawvei-a clerk, real esUte agent and preaoher and Heaven only knows what not Of course, ne traveiea anq mnm much and tha evenlne I waa first made acquainted with him I aaw him knock to the' floor, with a blow from hhT'flst two powerful ' Irishmen who- were ; Insulting our boarding housekeeper and referring to us all aa a lot of Dutchmen. I have Mr. B. to thank, for ray Job In the brewery." , "' . - ' . "i of tan think today of the work In that brewery, and tha handling of wet sticky, beer barrels ana -Heavy eases, within a week my hands were admass of ugly and painful cuts from broken alaaa and splinters . from tna wooaen cases and barrels, I was stiff In every limb, and my back ached ao that I could harrilv atand. ..... . "Now and then when mere was nom Ing heavy to carry I waa ordered to do llahter work. . such aa nailing oozes. wintna- bottlea scrubbing the floor, eta My colleague tn the brewery, about TO In number, were a 10 or truii. um. young fellows of German extraction, and thair ton and manner wereavery famil iar. Even the foreman waa not choice IH hia language, and no one seemed to Mntr it of any eonseauence when he waa caired a damn fook I often had to smile to myself when some Impertinent boy would aay to me: Here, Alfred, Just pick up this ease end get a move onf Haru work seems to have a kind of leveling Influence. ' Herr Kolb considered the servant gin the most favored among the laboring Iris In America "Their wages era man, ne tram It to St a week, good board and room, and very little heavy work. Were I not a German government official I would, prefer to be a chambermald.in America. "Tha worklna-men. as a ruia are Dei ter housed In Chicago than In Berlin, for Instance,, end the rent Is muoh cheaper. In Pullman, lit, particularly, with Its Ana broad streets,, roomy schools, thea tres and churches, their existence Is an ideal ona The people , with T'whom I boarded war narmana The Wife did all the housework, aa well aa oookkig and bak Ing bread. . : Few . women in America ao mis, she said one day. To wonder. Where should they learn It all when they work In factories up to the day oi tneir mar rlaga My daughtera will have to work aa tervanta Of course, the girls don't like that aa they don't have much time for fltrtlne- or srolna out nlahta' Herr Kolb found " the Immigration Questions a ceaseless topic of discus sion among the worklngmen with wham he came In contact, deaplte the faet that many of them were foreigners or of for eign extraction. , "Whose fault Is It that the times ore getting worse and worse T" they cried. "Who. .but the quarter of a million starved' out foreigners who come to Ameslca every year and take our places at lower wages f It Is high time to bar out this scum from foreign shorea Let , V. m . , . w hnm., wa han MA .llaa for "I found the attendance at tht churches." . he says, "composed three fourths pf women. I looked In vain- for a church where worklngmen attended to any extent The reason for this rellg. lous indifference I am unable to eXDlaln. though I must say that I found this state ef ' affairs not so much among American worklngmen as smong Oer man-American members of the labcrln class. - "Nothing annoyed me more In' Amer ica than the- dJsxracef ul hablti of spit ting and swearing. iMen spit everywhere In -the cara In -the workshop and In publio placea The root of the whole trouble aeema to be In the habit o(' chewing tobaooo.".-t . After a month's worn in tne dhw.i, Here Kolb waa told that bis services were no longer required, and no partic ular reaaon waa given except thatatbe foreman wanted a change. - He next found work tn a blcyoie rectory at a salary of I a week. Thia work waa not bard, but was tlresoma- . "At the beginning of the winter there was work night and day in the bicycle factory, but as spring spproacbed the Jmanwara. gradually laid off, or left themselves 10 oua ir ,-.. Those remaining worked only live daya In, the. week, aaa grsauauy On the whole tne ouuooa waa a for some of tne men inmi-pwwV as they had nothing else la eight" After three montna in me -v-tory Herr Kolb became tired of It alt hook the dut of Chicago from hia feat and went to an Francisco. --''y' For the Children or jiraar.ua.,. Kolb haa no flattering worda "I would Ua ne wriiea. waa pleased with 'American children. Nowhere else in mjvtravels have I met with ouch -impertinence and ' .nn. rh iid r.n. In fact there Am little of the child about these children. II seems to ms this is au m . the rod. I heard of a poor widow with four ood-for-nothlng sona- who baa and -i refused to go to school, and she had recourse , ooosslon- ally to the rod. nut ner neianuy. . her method of discipline so distasteful that their threatening -attitude toward her obliged her to desist with the result that her boys wsnt to the-bad alto gether. . ' - " ;. ' . ; "Whan I waa In tha hospital In Chi cago there waa some sort .of a national holiday, very likely tbe jrourm or amy, and there was a gang of youngsters ex niodlna slant firecrackers or bombs .un der our wlndowa The doctor went out and asked them' to desist Whv should war they answered. 'Because you are Americana" said tho doctor. 'How would you like It it your own parents were lying In thero very 111 and some one eame and exploded these thlncs under the window r Hldlng--thehr heada W .shame, the beys went awayv1 The worshlo ' of women In .America waa a revelation to Her Kolb. tie naa this explanation to mke of it: At first it was only men wno ami rated to America and the women were scarce. , consequently, men iougnt io the few women that were here, and.tnis haa developed Into a 'welberveneratton' (veneration for -women), at whloh not only ail Asia laugha but at which Greeoe and Rome would nave laughed, ana. as the old ' pessimist Bcopennouer, said; "Even in onbllo conveyances poor work lngmen make room for beautifully dressed women.1 "However thia may ba the difference between the position of women In Eu rope and women In America la oonsiaer abla and that too. among the worklna men Among my fellow workmen waa a man who married, ian" American girl. Ha ofterr told ua with aanse of pride how ha hardworking as he-waa got up early-every morning to light the fire and br in a- the breakfast to hia wife la bed. and that was not merely a story. Mora than once I nave oeen in atreet ears where the husband carried the baby wane tne Wlie niriea wna ua. Jolly H oneymoon : I : " London Letter. At last there la a genuine novelty aa an accompaniment bt a fashionable Wed ding. Beverar attemptrto- depart from the beaten track of matrimonial celebra tions Have been made among the smart aet thia season, but they have had little to recommend them. ' Some brides, eager to anticipate their millinery -trlumpha have worn their trosseau gowns .at spe cial functions before the day of the wed ding; others have gone ao far as to bold their, wedding receptions colore fney were married. - But heretofore none -haa ventured to defy the hoary custom which prescribes that honeymoon trips ahall be reserved lor tne exclusive ana sel fish enjoyment of bride and bridegroom alon'a Now. -however, one couple haa dona It As a result there, Is to be re corded a honeymoon In which the happy pair are accompanied throughout- their lourney'by their bridesmaids and young men frienda chaperoded by the. bride's mother, It la the honeysagag up to data Pretty Miss Brooke and Major Fowler are the originators or two aiarumx inno vation. And 'isn't It Just Irish through and thfought "It . couldn't , have hap pened anywhere but In Ireland." declared a duchess rho had been the recipient of one - of the scores of- teiegrama -dashed off by members of thia novel party aa they ao sally from place to place along tho west coaat of Ireland. For It la not an ordinary tour, thia wedding trip of bride and bridegroom, bridesmaids ana young men. and the dowager chaperon, but a driving tour in two-wheeled bug gies for two, a driving tour, without coachman, except one who takea Care of the chaperone In the rear. IB the first buxay goes the bride and bride groom, la the second cornea the chief bridesmaid with the best man, la the third 'another bridtamald and another friend of the brldegroum, and, ao on a lad and lassie In each, with the bride's mother . trailing along on behind. And they go all along the west coast- ef- the Emerald Isla one or the gayest ana Jol llest parties that ever astonished the na tives of the country,, Tne Beaten tracas of tourists snd the everyday sightseer are scosned by the wedding party who go - skimming along good roads and bumping and Jumping over tho. baa in search of pastures new. - -, . AMTTVU AXtrrxmAxiOkT - From Tit Bita 1 ' . A writer has discovered that . many of the worst foes of the horticulturist begin with "w," and he Instances worms, weevils, wind and other workers of wickedness. This suggests -a question aa to whether : there Is any natural grouping of good pr evil things under particular UUsra-Take - T).- for ex. ample, and consider how many boons snd blessings to man begin with it The baker, butcher and- brewer bring him bread, beef and bear. ' . .. . For additional foods he has bacon. beana, bloaters, broccoli, brothrbivvrres, bananas, berries, biscuits, buns and but ter. After a banquet of bonnes-bouches he may bring out his brier and blow hia baccy while he bestrides his btoyote. These are but a few of the benefloent thlnga Included under that blessed let' tar "b." Now. as a contrast take . "d.' and among the first words we think of ara damn. dark, dreary, dismal, airty, depress ed, despairing,, dead, drunk and so on, the very sound ef which Is enough to drive one into qoierui aumpa- , ' rnTMBMAXMAM BUBSaUJIB. North of the troolo of cancer the sun'i rays never penetrate to the bottom of a deep mining snsn, dui num oi im tronlo there Is at least one day in the year when the aun at noon will ahlne to the bottom of the very deepest min ing shoft in case It Is perpendicular. In Sombrereta Mexico, there to a shaft that tha sun reached the bottom of on June tl. 1.100 feet below the surface of tbe ground! i .,. .. ,. . Victory " iWiia -g i - I . ""'r '' i " r' ' . By Arthur McEwen. "Thia successful . engagement of tha Russian fleet with the English fishing boats," remarked Cot Abe Edgarton. tho . Arisona mining man. "remtnda me of an old Bodle friend of mine, Mike MoOowan. tha Man Eater. - .Mike- came to Bodle with a 'Tombstone reputation aad'Hved on It for a year. Everybody .waa afraid of blm, and be could hare anything he asked for, including meals at the Tea. tauranta, drinks at the aaloona and even an occasional handful of chips from tha ', faro banka .. - -r-- "But-one night he ptcked-uythe bet of a miner who didn't know who he waa. and down he want on the floor. In an In- . stant he waa on his feet with his gun out. out tne miner graooea it away from him - and put a bullet through his shoulder. . "That laid Mike up for a. month, and ha ! looked mighty pale when he emerged from his room. It didn't make him feel any better to find that his pi e tire had ' been Impaired, and that faces on his old ? free route weren't aa ghastly cheerful aa they used to be. It was plain to him that ' ' in order to recover his position aa ' ter- -ror he had to make a demonstration. Bo when he waa passing' by the countnr of Johnny Tounrs restaurant the Cafo de- -Paris, without . paying, ' aa usual, ha stbpped and said, with a cold scowl ; , " 'What's the matter with your faea. : Mr.' Hashf f 'Nothing, replies Tounavpretty-whlta outside, but redhot within. , 'Nothing., ex.- , oept that it -nmn aa nara as your cneekv. ' Mr. Bluff.' . . . . i- . ' ' ? ; Over the counter he came, too, and out ' flew Mike through tha door head-first, . taking tha. glass, with blm. ' Before ha oould gather himself off the sidewalk and - -draw Young had got Into action aad put - - , ball through hia other saoelder. JC'hat.PJeantjandtherjnonUi In bed for ' - MoOowan, and on his recovery nobody. was afraid to take. a' shot at blm.' And. v he had no luok at all In hia return fire. , Twice more he waa winged,' and he be came the most discouraged bad man that .' ever prowled and lowered about a mln- Ing camp. .Ha wasn't a ooward. you un- ' tand. but misfortune naa nroaen his nerve. There was nothing left for him -to do but go to ' work, which he did -around the hoisting works of the Stand-. ard aa a sweeper ana general roust-.. about ' - - - - " - "That late Man Eater, gentlemen," pur sued the colonel, "was game at bottom, for he would work when. he had to; Jtut melancholy' claimed him for " her own. Tho oontrast between ' his .former proud aetata aa chief of.- the camp . and hia lowly lot aa a common toller tn hickory shirt and overalls preyed upon hia mind so that tears would oourso down his cheeks aa he piled tha broom-silently on the sheetlrOn floor of the works. r . "With hia first month's wages-the only honest money he'd earned In years -MoOowan - took a night off and aought -9 balm for hia . wounded spirit in tho In- . ternatlonal Faro Parlors. But ho had no more luck with the cards any more than In flabtlng. It was hardly . 10 o'clock when he was cleaned out and. left the table aa sour aa a persimmon. ' in tha oia davs he'd have levied -on soma fearful fellow creature for a stake or gone ahead playing on scare, but the old daya naa departed forever, and be slunk out sullen , and crushed.- - - -' . "At the foe, oe the stalra Tatnaie Feta , ftho night food --peddler,' one-eyed. and llama had laid down bis- dbshm ana ian- . : . rtern and waa bending over tyln his shoe " laea. nn dock -was towara sum aw m mark was fair.- The-em-Man-Eater . up 1th his foot and Feta went sprawung. " 'What did you want to kick -me forf't I wasn't doing anything, whined Peta'Z , " 'Tes' you were,'- aald luxe iiereeiy. - ' "No X waon't Insisted poor Peta. .1 iraa only tying my ahoe. r :: i m ."' Aw." growled Jicuown aa ne waiaea- off, 'you're alwaya tying.yourunoa- " 'Thank God.' ne aaia to miiucii, wim . l awrt of -gaaping'l-algh lot happiness. them's somebody left on this green earth - that ruTKBle to lick.' - - Jr. And T'm betttna.. entlemen,,, con cluded Colonel Edgarton, "that on board those Russian ships there's seen enaiees champagne and nanqanaaing ever nun that Sunday-night et-to with the fishing i "Nonsensa. Edamrton,"proteeted Pro-", feasor Jenks, the Pennsylvania educator -nA he had the cafe with him fit waa . nothing more than a dreadful mlataka" - "Poealbly, poaaiDiy," aamiuea in v.oi n.i i -hut anvway. I'm glad to read that aa between the Russian and tha British governments Jthere is every- oxpeciauon. of a satisfactory and dignified dlplomatlo adjustments-Including, let US hope, the readjustment of tho heada and arms that were anot oft." . . "... . -t-c. FAJKOVB nOTOaVtV- The newa thrilled all Bt Petersburgl i From mouth to mouth it passed. In mart and atreet The Rualaa fleet , Haa won a fight at lasti-v X crowd of bloody flahermen, .' Attacked ua In the night . ."if. But we stood by to do or au . And sank them left and right f ..-. . ' " v i' And like the hero of tha west, , v ; UAterrifled and grim, '- , . -s -v Who killed a aheep. bravo man. to keep The sheep from biting him," - i,.: We fell anon those fishermen. And shot and ahell flew thick. And. -bravely fought-what long, wa sought-: -. -.-.' A foe that we could Jlck. , ) , No morV we blush with shame because - Tho avll Japanese .- - v , .r .--..' ,;. Leftiot a boat of oura afloat . i. - . Upon the eastern seas; - ' No more we hear with humble pride " That Kuropatkln'a men Have marched to fight and overnight . Have traveled back again. . . ri t Sr.-'" For victory at laat la ourar h , And though the fight began . With peril for our men-o-wai -r vt aid not lose armanT" Or well may the Russian eagle scream In the empyrean vasts , Hurrah, we've beat! - Our gallant fleet Haa won a fight at lastl . , -. James Montagua What 9a They Bo With tfWkea Wetf An umbrella small enough to go In aide a pocket ia a recent Invention.' It la designed on ho principle of the tele scope, and consists of a aeries of tele scoplo slides, a carrying case and a piece ef slfif covering. On opening the case In which It Is contained the eon- . tents resemble a bundle of steel rods In a wrapplnrbf silk. These ara, with a little manipulation, converted Into an umbrella ef the orthodox abapa the short handle of whloh draws out into a stick Of the requisite length. The .cpvur le- described as oemg quite as Stout, llgnr ana rain-resisiina- as a xirav class umbrella of the old styla . - ' bjiki inai n i il i "aMtaasaawaasaaMaBpa) , t. '''. ry It oa tha Hog..-,. From- the Philadelphia Inquirer. r More than 1.000 women are learning to Cook In the seven free kitchens estab lished In Chicago.' If their first efforts could be administered to the criminal Classes of that city Its social equilib rium might be In a measure restored. ; ,74. ----- 1 -- 1-,- - V
